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'The Kingdom': The Middle East for Dummies

Dig Boston | September 27, 2007

The film's main fault lies in its didactic pretensions, and in wanting to be something more than it's capable of being -- at heart, The Kingdom is really just a standard little TV action show for the big screen, with decent actors and a hyperactive cameraman.

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Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom

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'Step Brothers' is to Humor what Rape is to Sexnew

The latest Judd Apatow-produced slab of celluloid from Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly is their most blatant exercise in desperation yet.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 07-24-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Judd Apatow, Adam McKay, comedy, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Step Brothers

'Wanted': Can We Get a Believable Scenario, Please?new

If you were to remove every implausible moment from Wanted you would be left staring at a white screen.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 06-26-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Timur Bekmambetov, Wanted

'Son of Rambow' is a Truly Funny Film About Identity and the Loss of Innocencenew

But there's another level to Garth Jennings' latest -- a subtle underlying theme about how foreign influences have affected the culturally isolated Brits.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 05-15-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow

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Burlesquenew

In the wake of Moulin Rouge!, Chicago and Nine before it, Burlesque, the next sequin-clad jaunt to tempt the fates of the holiday box office, has a bit of a tightrope walk before it.

Dig Boston | Charlotte Shirley | 11-24-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Burlesque

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part Inew

Hil and J.Pat were two of the folks who packed into an advanced screening of the second to last Harry Potter flick (along with the Emerson Quidditch Team. Sick uniforms, guys.) Here's their review of the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Dig Boston | Dig Staff | 11-17-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

'Visual Acoustics': If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Will Someone Make a Documentary About It?new

Julius Shulman was the world's greatest architecture photographer (he died shortly after the film's release). During his long career, he captured the iconic buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra with his eye for the emblematic.

Dig Boston | David Day | 02-24-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Eric Bricker, Julius Shulman, Visual Acoustics, architecture

The Anvil Experience: Our Resident Metalhead Mano y Mano With 'Lips'new

The acclaimed rags-to-slightly-better-rags (but still not rich) documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil brought a notoriety the Canadian band failed to achieve in 30 years. But chatting with us from his Toronto home, Steve "Lips" Kudlow made it clear that what you see is what you get.

Dig Boston | Dave Wedge | 01-20-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Anvil, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Sacha Gervasi, punk

'Lovely Bones' is Predictable, Filled with Cheap Emotional Momentsnew

Don't worry, Susie Salmon. You'll eventually make it to heaven, where, lucky for you, nobody wants to talk about the shitty movies they did on earth.

Dig Boston | Martin Caballero | 01-20-2010 | Reviews

Tags: The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson, Mark Wahlberg

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